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India sends extra troops to violence-hit northeast
Delhi open to talks with rebels as death toll rises to 69
India yesterday ordered extra troops to its troubled northeastern states in a bid to stem a wave of rebel-linked violence, which has killed 69 people and injured 210 in the past three days.
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Iraqi militants to form united front
Poland to pull out of Iraq by end of 2005
Islamic militant groups fighting US-led troops in Iraq plan to unite under one umbrella and rein in sectarian attacks by loyalists of suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, a Kuwaiti daily
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Iran's reformist vice president resigns
Hardline MPs impeach transport minister
One of Iran's most outspoken reformists, Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, announced yesterday he had submitted his resignation from the increasingly isolated pro-reform government.
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Israel presses ahead with Gaza offensive
Annan, China asks Tel Aviv to halt incursions
Five days into Israel's largest offensive in Gaza in years, army commanders were talking of an operation lasting weeks, while officials looked even further ahead to Israel's planned evacuation of Gaza
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Retrial of Gujarat riot case opens in Mumbai
The retrial of 21 Hindus acquitted of killing 12 Muslims in an arson attack on a bakery during religious riots that swept India's western Gujarat state in 2002 got underway here yesterday.
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Indonesian ex-general declared victor
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a landslide, capping a rapid rise to power for the former general who has vowed to create jobs, stamp out graft and fight terrorism.
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US polls focus falls on Cheney, Edwards
Vice President Dick Cheney and his Democratic counterpart John Edwards will step to the fore in the US election campaign today for their own debate on the future of the United States.
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